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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

BBC News

• Royal wedding Tube strike threatDrivers on the London Underground could strike on the day of the royal wedding in a row over pay, union officials warn.

The Independent

• Tube strike on royal wedding day 'cynical' Suggestions of a Tube strike on the day of the royal wedding were condemned as

The Telegraph

• Royal Wedding tube strike threat Tube drivers threatening to walk out on April 29th over pay issues.

Mail Online

• 100 Londoners take part in annual No Trousers Tube RideThe thrill-seekers made the journey on the Bakerloo Line from Charing Cross to Paddington and back surrounded by commuters who had no idea what was happening.

Network Rail

• RAIL IMPROVEMENT FOR BRITANNIA BRIDGE
• AMIR KHAN HELPS NETWORK RAIL CELEBRATE BIG HIT TO RAILWAY CRIME

Daily Post (North Wales)

• £8.6m appeal launched to finish the Welsh Highland Railway A NARROW gauge railway has launched an ambitious appeal to raise cash to upgrade facilities.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Trams firm bosses 'earn more than First Minister'SIX senior figures at Edinburgh's under-fire tram development body, including its chief spin doctor, are paid higher salaries than the First Minister, it has emerged.

London Evening Standard

• Big rail fare rise then tea trolley hits the buffers on SoutheasternThe rail company which introduced the highest fare increases in Britain has now lost the catering service on a busy commuter route

Manchester Evening News

• Banned scooters ‘are less dangerous than prams’ on Metrolink Disability campaigners have called for a rethink after figures showed that pushchairs were responible for more tram accidents than banned mobility scooters. Mobility scooters have been technically banned since the Metrolink network opened in 1992.

Metro

• Tube strike on Bakerloo and Northern lines this weekendLondon Underground workers on the Bakerloo and Northern lines are preparing to strike for 24 hours from Friday evening.

Sheffield Star

• Pledge over public use of station bridgeMOVES to make Sheffield railway station footbridge a public right of way are set to move forward with approval from the council's cabinet highways committee next Thursday.

Other Regional Press

• MP hits out at rail service THE disrupted train service to Lynn caused by snow and icy conditions has been blasted by MP Henry Bellingham. It has described it as “unacceptable” by the MP after travelling from London King’s Cross Station on December 23.
• Works begin at Whitechapel for Crossrail BUILDING works around Whitechapel station start today, as engineers lay the groundwork for the capital’s huge Crossrail project.
• Tower Hamlets council wins battle over Crossrail sewerThe Hackney to Abbey Mills and Wick Sewer in Wick Lane, Bow, was going to be diverted, causing major disruption to neighbours.

Other News Sources

• Crossrail Awards Major Tunnelling Contracts Worth £1.25bn Crossrail has announced its intention to award the major tunnel contracts for Europe's largest infrastructure project.